I received an immediate reply to my Spaceballs reference. I'd say that Fark is working as a well oiled machine tonight. Well, except maybe for the politics tab. Monkey poo just doesn't have the same viscosity as oil.

Retina displays at arms length is one thing, but 60" and you'll have to be seated at least ten feet back. And I've found that most people can't tell 720 vs 1080 at 15 feet. Same thing about audio systems. As long as you're synchronized you can't improve the sound by pouring money into the system. I figure there's a serious plateau of diminishing returns around the thousand dollar mark.

Now, a 60" 4k computer monitor at just over arms length, that might kick ass.

gingerjet:I added it to the list of total bullshiat that reviewers were kicking out about the movie.

I've heard that it is a lot like 3D glasses. For many people, no problem. For others, it completely farks with their brains and they get headaches or perception issues.

I've read a few articles that make reference to the "uncanny valley" effect. At 24fps, the brain knows it is all fake and uses a less rigorous method of observing reality. It subconsciously ignores multiple flaws in the movie. At 40+fps, the brain shifts back into thinking-it-is-reality mode, where it picks up on every little detail which is wrong. But the movie isn't reality, so some people's brains register the whole thing as fake looking.

Dinjiin:gingerjet: I added it to the list of total bullshiat that reviewers were kicking out about the movie.

I've heard that it is a lot like 3D glasses. For many people, no problem. For others, it completely farks with their brains and they get headaches or perception issues.

I had a minor headache and blurry vision for almost a day after watching the Hobbit in 3D. I'll still watch Star Trek 2 in 3D, but for most movies it's probably not worth it. Also, the glasses themselves were too tight and that caused a headache during the movie and required me to take them off several times. Theoretically I guess maybe watching a few minutes of it without the glasses could also have contributed to my issues after the movie...

I'm all for high-res panels, if for no other reason than the hopes that we might someday get high-res computer monitors back and/or reasonable-cost projectors... but I don't see the purpose until there's some method to obtain high-res content. This is somewhat bigger than the 2560x1600 panels that have been available for years, but at 60" it's only useful in a handful of computer-display scenarios (where you care about the resolution and will be far enough away to use a 60" screen [and couldn't just use multiple panels and deal with a slight gap]), and there's no way it will be compatible with the DRM and other junk required to actually play back high-res content -- assuming such content ever becomes available to home users -- because there are currently no standards for the local transfer or delivery of such content.

/ Really wishes we could get back to the high DPI we had on CRTs// Doesn't miss the 22" depth of CRT